Mud shoe



D. PALMER MUD SHOE Feb. 20, 1923. 1,446,269

Filed July 29, 1921 ll izZ-zrzz' i :3 m ies his 0 IDZE'VILLG PALMER,DETBJQIT, llliIGHIG-lll l.

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Application filed July 529,

T 0 (ZZZ w from it may concern t it known that DEvILLO PALMER, a citizenoi the United States of America, residing st Detroit, in the city ofWayne and State 01? Michigan, has invented new and useful improvementsin Mud Ehoes, of which the following is e specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple inexpensive andeflicient device which may be reed 1y carried in the tool kit of anautomobile or siinier vehicle for use in facilitating the extraction ofa drive wheel from a rut or mud hole in the reed surface, when thenormal tire surface is incapable of obtaining a sufiicicnt treetire holdto advance the vehicle; and with these ohjects in view the inventionconsists in e con.- structicn and combination of parts of whichpreferred embodiment is shown in the scconipzinying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view of e inn-d sl enihoz I ing the invention epplied inthe operative position to vehicle wheel.

ignre Q, is an outer view of the some.

Figure 3 is an inner View th erec'f.

The shoe 10 is oi crescent :t'orni having upstsndin side Wings 11defining a seat 12 corresponding in contour with the periphery or treadsurface of the tire 13 to which it is to be fitted and providedexteriorly with transverse lugs 1 preferably arranged in spaced relationas indicatech sziia'l vines being connected by suitable means forengagement with the wheel rim or fell and preferably 1n transverselyspanning relation therewith.

in the construction illustrated the intermediate log; is made of :1.grea lenjh than the terminal log to extend more or less upward from theside surfaces of the shoe and the wings are provided with out weirdlydirected cars 14'?- with which are engeged the terminals of retsininchains having; pins 1? ex ending throu l perform ticns in said ears andengaged by nuts so that an ellective adjustment of the clamp ing orsccurin means may he provided hold the shoe o inst-sliding; movement onthe tire tread.

It is to he noted that tl s inner face formed longitudinally tour of thet" "e to which it is to be etteched, while the outer face of the shoeconforms to the cirenrn'ierence of a circle which has a rzidius lessthan the radius of the wheel hut hoe O has its 1921. Serial No. lSSBGl.

icelly of the latter. The

length the bottom wall gradin thickness toward the exhe internied lugprcgects point in uelly decre treznity, farther from the center of thewheels than I the shoe itsel'thss it outer almost-w; i one tr hisarrangement provides against V .aL jarring; or shoclr to the wheel whichmight occur were he shoe so arranged that engagement with the mud orsend would not he grades-l an in the construction herein shown.

Uhviouslv the shoe may he applied to the "h -l st desired point as forexample wheel where the it I v ljv smell may readily be even in the toolhit or ncv use to avoid the inconventime incident to applying chain, edthe invention what is ed as new and useful is l .e shoe for the wheelsof automobiles and siiniier vehicles consisting of a substsntisllvcrescent shaped member hounded laterally h inwardly directed wings theinner face of? said member conforming to the periphery of the tire to heengaged end the outer face folio he; the circmntfercncc of 21 QliClQ ofless re than that of the tire and strnc i from centereccentric to thetire cen ter time providing :2 th ckened portion at on means forengaging the tire end outwardly prothe shoe and disposed e estl ies and.e point thereof.

I 1 v testimony whcreoi s ill DEVILLO 1 iclzened intermediate intoposition at the

